Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
443 CXUS55 KRIW 011928 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 121 PM MDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/CDO- WEB/DATASETS). UNOFFICIAL ASOS DAILY SUMMARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=RIW ...BUFFALO WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN AUGUST WAS 69.9 DEGREES WHICH IS NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 99 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. THIS TIED THE 2016 RECORD. THE HIGH ON THE 20TH OF 94 DEGREES BROKE THE 2020 RECORD OF 91. THE 21ST HIT 97 DEGREES AND TIED 2023. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 42 DEGREES ON THE 29TH AND BROKE THE 2018 RECORD OF 43.. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 181 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 7TH WETTEST AUGUST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 7TH-8TH WITH 0.45 INCHES. THE 26TH HAD 0.18 INCHES AND TIED THE 2002 RECORD. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 64 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 6TH FROM THE NORTHWEST. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 08/03/2001 LOW 36 08/23/2015 08/17/2002 08/26/1992 HIGHEST 99 08/02 LOWEST 42 08/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.0 83.2 0.8 AVG. MINIMUM 55.8 56.7 -0.9 MEAN 69.9 69.9 -0.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 11 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.60 2014 MINIMUM 0.02 2001 TOTALS 1.36 0.75 0.61 1.84 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.02 0.02 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.45 08/07 TO 08/08 STORM TOTAL 0.40 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 38 37 1 SINCE 7/1 77 56 21 COOLING TOTAL 197 190 7 SINCE 1/1 516 468 48 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/320 DATE 08/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/320 DATE 08/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.14 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 28 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 1 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 51 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 79 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 53 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 65 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 41. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.17 INCHES. $$